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kill
verb- to cause someone to laugh uproariously UK, 1856
- Iraq’s spin doctor–he kills me I’m rather hoping that if one Saddamite survives the war in Iraq, it will be Comical Saeed, the information minister. His has been an amazing act–Goebbels meets Groucho Marx. — The Guardian, 8 April 2003
- to cause pain to someone UK, 1800
- I’m goin’ back to the wagon, these shoes are killing me[.] — Peter Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, p. 207, 1994
- to excite, to please, to thrill US, 1844
- Joe "King" Oliver was killing them after hours at the Pekin with the same band that played with him at the Dreamland, the New Orleans Creole Jazz Band. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 46, 1946
- — Look, p. 49, 24 November 1959
- to excel US, 1900
- Work is great. I kill at work. — Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
- It was totally Pauly, I did like 20 minutes, killed. (Quoting Pauly Shore) — Spin Magazine, October 1999
- These London crowds take no prisoners. You have to kill it out there. And remember–if they boo you, that’s good! — Julian Johnson, Urban Survival, p. 301, 2003
- to cover with graffiti US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 141, 1997
- in the sport of clayshooting, to hit the target accurately UK
- The referee’s decision alone as to whether the shooter has or has not "killed" his target. — Chris Cradock, A Manual of Clayshooting, p. 172, 1983
- in handball, racquetball and squash, to hit the ball so low on the front wall that it cannot be returned US
- — Paul Haber, Inside Handball, p. 66, 1970: “Glossary”
- — Steve Strandemo and Bill Bruns, The Racquetball Book, p. 206, 1977: “Glossary”
- in pool, to strike the cue ball such that it stops immediately upon hitting the object ball US
- The cue ball rolled too far; he still had a shot on the nine, but not as easy as what simply killing the cue ball would have given him. — Walter Tevis, The Color of Money, p. 143, 1984
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 18, 1990
- in volleyball, to hit the ball downward with great force from the top of a jump US
- — Bonnie Robison, Sports Illustrated Volleyball, p. 94, 1972
- in bar dice games, to declare that a formerly wild point is no longer wild US
- In Liars, if aces are called at the start of the hand they are no longer wild. — Gil Jacobs, The World’s Best Dice Games, p. 197, 1976
- to finish consuming something US
- Damn bitch, don’t kill it. — Kids, 1995
▶ kill big six
to play dominoes US- — Charles Shafer, Folk Speech in Texas Prisons, p. 208, 1990
▶ kill brain cells
to get drunk US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, November 1983
▶ kill the clock
in a game governed by time, to delay the game near the end when winning US- — Howard Liss, Basketball Talk for Beginners, p. 32, 1970
▶ kill the sin
to relieve all the blame of something BAHAMAS- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 118, 1982
▶ would kill a brown dog
to be lethal; (of food) dreadful, disgusting, inedible AUSTRALIA, 1966- I had read all about the little nasties which can kill a brown dog with one touch and I was in no mood to have myself fitted for a pine box. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 13, 1994
- Mate, what about your breath? It’d kill a brown dog at ten paces. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 182, 1995
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